SELECTEDMEASURENAME DAX Function (Information)
Returns name of the measure that is currently being evaluated.
Syntax
This expression has no parameters.
Return values
Returns the name of the measure evaluated.
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Examples
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | -- Code of the calculation item Growth in the Time calc-- calculation group used in the following example.IF ( SEARCH ( "Pct", SELECTEDMEASURENAME (), 1, -1 ) = -1, VAR CY = SELECTEDMEASURE () VAR PY = CALCULATE ( SELECTEDMEASURE (), SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR ( 'Date'[Date] ) ) VAR Result = CY - PY RETURN Result) |
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Conventions1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | -- SELECTEDMEASURENAME returns the name of the currently selected measure.-- It can be used in place of ISSELECTEDMEASURE to search for specific-- name patterns.DEFINE MEASURE Sales[Sales Amount] = SUMX ( Sales, Sales[Quantity] * Sales[Net Price] ) MEASURE Sales[Sales Quantity] = SUM ( Sales[Quantity] )EVALUATESUMMARIZECOLUMNS ( 'Product'[Brand], 'Date'[Calendar Year], 'Time calc'[Time calc], TREATAS ( { "CY 2008" }, 'Date'[Calendar Year] ), TREATAS ( { "Contoso", "Fabrikam" }, 'Product'[Brand] ), "Sales Amount", [Sales Amount], "Quantity", [Sales Quantity], "% of Products", [Pct over all prods])ORDER BY 'Product'[Brand], 'Date'[Calendar Year], 'Time calc'[Time calc] |
| Brand | Calendar Year | Time calc | Sales Amount | Quantity | % of Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contoso | 2008-01-01 | Current | 2,369,167.68 | 14,901.00 | 54.31% |
| Contoso | 2008-01-01 | Growth | -360,650.85 | 429.00 | (Blank) |
| Contoso | 2008-01-01 | Growth % | -0.13 | 0.03 | (Blank) |
| Contoso | 2008-01-01 | Prev Year | 2,729,818.54 | 14,472.00 | 62.29% |
| Fabrikam | 2008-01-01 | Current | 1,993,123.48 | 3,899.00 | 45.69% |
| Fabrikam | 2008-01-01 | Growth | 340,372.14 | 701.00 | (Blank) |
| Fabrikam | 2008-01-01 | Growth % | 0.21 | 0.22 | (Blank) |
| Fabrikam | 2008-01-01 | Prev Year | 1,652,751.34 | 3,198.00 | 37.71% |
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Last update: Apr 24, 2025 » Contribute » Show contributors
Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo
Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/selectedmeasurename-function-dax